October 20th

October 20, 2013

PAWTUCKETâNot bad for a team that by their own admission was âthrown togetherâ at the beginning of the season.
âShe was actually a singles player last year and I started playing tennis my freshman year of high school,â North Kingstown junior Grace Callahan said after she and playing partner sophomore Lucia Bolibruch captured the RIIL State Doubles Championship Sunday at Slater Park.
âWe kind of got thrown together in the mix. A lot of the partners on our team had been playing together for a few years.â

October 20, 2013

NORTH KINGSTOWNâWith the 2013 girls high school soccer regular season winding into the final third of the schedule, the October 10th Division I border-rival grudge match between East Greenwich and North Kingstown may be one that foreshadows a possible playoff matchup, as one team continues to roll and the other looks to recreate itself after a key injury.

October 20, 2013

EAST GREENWICH â Despite leading them in the standings, before even taking the field last Friday night, East Greenwich High School football coach John George knew his team was going to have their hands full with a potent Moses Brown Quakers attack considered by some the best in the division.
As the Avengers quickly found out when they took the to Carcieri Field, however, it was not the Quakers skill, but their sized that proved Eastâs ultimate downfall as they were pushed around in a 34-0 beating, their first loss of the season.

October 20, 2013

PAWTUCKETâSundayâs RIIL State Singles Championship between Peri Sheinin and Aleksandra Drljaca was about as entertaining of a girls tennis match as youâll see.
Each game highly contested and each point earned.
âWeâre really great players,â Drljaca said. âWe both have a lot of tournament experience. A high level of intensity was really seen and it was a great match.â
For as entertaining as the level of play was though there was also an unmistakable sense of awkwardness both on the court and in the crowd.

October 20, 2013

PAWTUCKETâIn a tournament setting there can only be one winner.
Well, in this case two, but semantics aside only one team could come out of the RIIL State Doubles Tournament as champions Sunday.
Unfortunately for East Greenwich â who had all three teams on the same side of bracket â the winners werenât wearing Avengers red as North Kingstownâs Lucia Bolibruch and Grace Callahan claimed the title with their 6-4, 6-2 victory over La Salleâs Lindsay Brazenor and Kat Braganca.

October 20, 2013

PAWTUCKETâWhere do we go from here?
Itâs the big question facing the East Greenwich tennis team as it plays out the remainder of its season with aspirations of a Division I Championship a definite reality.
Two teammates â senior Aleksandra Drljaca and freshman Peri Sheinin â battled for the first time Sunday and thereâs no denying at times it got a little nasty.

October 20, 2013

PAWTUCKET â Over the course of a season, a team can become like family.
Sometimes nuclear, sometimes extended, but when a group of individuals come together for an extended period of time, giving everything they have for each other, working towards a common goal, it is easy for lasting bonds to be forged.